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[–] [email protected] 96 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I fucking hate motion-sensing faucets so much. We can edit the human genome, but are unable to make a motion sensor that actually fucking works?! Fuck outta here.

I actually prefer the old-school “push-down and have limited time” type at this point.

[–] [email protected] 91 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I just want a foot pedal to press. Public toilets should also have those just for hygienic reasons.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

I really miss these hand washing stations we had in elementary school.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Wait that's a pee station at the concert venue

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Let's just hope it's not both.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why not? Sound much more effective if it was both.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

You guessed it

Here is a metal

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Bonus points for eye contact

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Holy shit that memory just hit me like a sack of bricks

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

These were in several of the trades buildings in my post secondary. often stocked with fast orange and sunlight industrial.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm not sure if this is ADA compliant. It might be the reason why we don't see these very often. I had one of these at work though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I can only see wheelchairs being an issue, but you need special toilets and sinks for that anyway. Any foot pedal should be able to be activated with a crutch or prosthetic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

ADA compliancy is such a BS hurdle sometimes.

"Hey we made this improvement that will help 99.99% of all people!"

"What about the remaining 0.01%?"

"Well, no, unfortunately it won't work for those edge cases"

"Ewww.... Well it's not allowed then. If a blind man in a wheelchair with a service dog can't use it, then no one can!"

[–] [email protected] 45 points 5 months ago

I'm on team Foot pedals.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why not both? Automatically sense when to start your limited time.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Isn't that how every automatically sensing faucet works?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I think typically they only turn on when they actively detect something near the sensor. Once they no longer detect the object, they shut off.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

I don't think so.

If they only relied on the sensor it would constantly turn on and off which is something I have never seen on that kind of faucets. I think there is always a delay before shutting down but sometimes that delay is set so low that it feels like you need to constantly activate the sensor.

Edit: clarification: What I meant is that if you just move once your hand in front of the sensor it should remain ON longer than just the time your hand was detected. I have never seen a sensor that literally activates only to the millisecond when something is moving. Even just to prevent false activation for half a second you kind of need a delay in there. If not you could have a 100ms activation that doesn't even have the time to let the water out by opening the faucet and you create unnecessary wear on the valve system. My point being it never really makes sense in engineering to have a button or sensor direct output used. Usually you have mechanisms to prevent "bouncing" and so on. But I'm no plumber so it is just assumptions.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

This one does that, it stays on only when I move my hands.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

That’s how this one works. If I stop rubbing my hands the water stops. It detects motion, not proximity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You have correctly identified that it's not a lack of technological advancement that is holding our society back.

Now go solve social sciences, economics, psychology, and neuroscience. Come back and we'll talk about how to design a world where nobody happens to install a motion sensor with a wrong range.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 5 months ago (5 children)

This and most washroom faucets have too little space for washing hands. The space from the spout to the back and bottom of the sink doesn't allow for rinsing whilst scrubbing without touching the sink. Infuriating.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

They're not actually intended for washing your hands but rather for ticking the 'customer hand-washing facility available' box and providing jobs for interior designers nephews.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (2 children)

at the office we have the ones you have to push down--and hold for the water to run. i've encountered them elsewhere and you get 10-20 seconds before the water shuts off... ours doesn't. by the time you get your hand down to the water, it's shut off.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

What's the problem? Just use your third hand to keep the button down

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Or third leg ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°).

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

We had "sink bricks" to solve that problem, somebody was tired of those so they went to the hardware store and bought a couple bricks to hold the buttons down. Eventually the faucets were replaced with proper ones with normal valves.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

LPT: For faucets like this (or if you just want running water to wash something) get a paper towel. Wet it under the water and then put it over the sensor.

Toilet paper also works but it's messier.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Just use clean toilet paper off the roll damn

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have seen something like this a lot. Many more that work fine but but they certainly don't seem to be at the five 9's or two nines or maybe even one nine. maybe one nine.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (3 children)

five 9's or two nines or maybe even one nine. maybe one nine.

This is the first time I hear this expression, what does it mean?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"Five Nines" typically refers to something that works 99.999% of the time, which still allows for 1 screw-up out of 100,000.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I learned it working telecom. For example, if you wish to offer 911 service, your service has to be operational 99.999% of the time.

It's more casually used to mean a service or operation is insanely reliable.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

yes as dhork mentions its related to a concept of 6sigma which is an airline/telephony thing about things that must not fail. My little quip is suggesting they work like 90% of the time which is not great.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

It means HubertManne had a stroke while typing.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So that you can wash your wrists/arms?

Lol

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Ah! I see so it was user error all along. I was supposed to wash my elbows! /s

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's a pretty common problem, honestly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

You just need to loosen off the grub screw, which is now in a data center in Ireland.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I usually just put some soap over the sensor so it just stays on. Most of the time it works.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Stick too long, make shorter

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

This automatic faucet ~~that need the hands to be between the wall and the water to turn on~~.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is this at a hotel? Just hang a “do not disturb” tag on the pipe to keep the water running!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Perfect to get your long sleeves wet!

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